WuHu Noodle — Restaurant in Enterprise

I don't have high expectations whenever trying new Chinese-inspired restaurants because there's so many of them in this city (in this country, rather), so to find one extremely better than the other can be difficult at times. My family and I tried this restaurant for the first time a few years ago and after that initial visit, it warranted a second visit. After the second visit, I thought I wouldn't return; not because of a bad experience, but due to this city having an extreme amount of restaurants to try. My wife and I returned for a third time on 20 Apr 2024 and based on all three visits, everything has been pretty consistent.

During the Apr 2024 visit, we ordered a massive amount of food so I could try a lot of their entrées and provide a robust/comprehensive review of this restaurant. We ended up getting the Chicken Lettuce Cups, Pork Belly Folded (Steam) Buns, Asian Chicken Wings, Potstickers, Green Bean Beef, and Sweet and Sour Chicken. Every item was magnificent with the exception of the Green Bean Beef. Whereas the flavor profile of the Green Bean Beef was superb, the beef texture was less than adequate - it was overcooked. Normally, I'm not a big fan of Chinese style Potstickers (I enjoy Korean and Japanese style more), but the ones from WuHu are fantastic.

Of noteworthy mention, I've also tried the Wonton Soup, Crab Rangoon, Orange Chicken, Mongolian Beef, and Kung Pao Chicken from this restaurant during my previous visits and all items were extraordinary, except the Mongolian Beef; the beef wasn't overcooked, but rather too salty for me. It's weird because normally the beef entrées at Chinese restaurants are grandiose and my go-to items; however, this restaurant's beef entrées are batting zero-for-two, for me.

The service is amazingly quick here which is appreciative because whenever you walk up to the restaurant, there always seems to be at least 5-6 groups waiting in line to place their order and/or 2-3 tables waiting for their food. The prices are slightly on the higher side for being a fast casual restaurant, but it "somewhat" balances out with the food quality and service. Only downfall for me is that this is located really close to the casino floor which welcomes cigarette smoke into the dining area. I mean, I get it, it's a casino, so what do you expect? Well, I can mention several places that aren't as exposed to people with cancer sticks while you're trying to eat. Overall, I enjoy coming here if and when I happen to be in this part of the city...and I still recommend this restaurant...

Food is good but inconsistent. Services is OK.

First time we tried this place was amazing… We enjoyed Imperial fried rice and the Hong Kong fried noodles with Shredded beef. So good! But. the Mongolian beef was a generous serving but very sweet and just tasted ok. Second time we got the imperial fried rice again, and it didn’t taste nearly as good as the first time…especially for something that has so many different seafood flavors. The combo chow mein was great with lots of protein but the Salt & Pepper pork chops were bland. We actually sent them back because there was so much bone and fat with no salt and pepper flavor. We were even more disappointed when the remade dish ended up being mostly fried pieces of pork fat, but it did have more salt and pepper seasoning. Third time we ordered broccoli beef and the Hong Kong noodles again. The beef with broccoli had maybe 6 ounces of beef and so much broccoli! Hong Kong Street noodles had no shredded beef this time but instead had the same sliced beef that was in our lightly sauced mountain of crunchy broccoli. We sent it back because we knew the lady taking our order heard us wrong as we had to repeat our order multiple times at the register, but when we received the new noodle dish, it had even fattier beef slices just cut into smaller strips that still wasn’t shredded. I mentioned this to the chef floating around the restaurant and she said “that’s shredded beef”. I looked at her knowing damn well that she knew damn well she was lying and told her we’ll just take boxes. Normally, this lady is awesome floating around the restaurant and helping out but I can get overcharged and lied to somewhere else. Now, we can also get my Chinese food somewhere...

I stopped by with the BJJ couple on a quick lunch break on a Friday Jr. day...

WuHu Service: There wasn't a lunch rush so no issues with a line, which is great as I'm allergic to them. There's a handwritten board with the daily specials plus 2 large monitors with the menu displayed electronically. The kitchen got the food out quickly which we appreciated.

WuHu Cuisine: The Asian wings and the duck buns were a little underwhelming in taste. Just fair but probably not ordering again. The Egg, Beef, and tomato special was flavorful. I had the HK Wonton Noodle Soup and it was great. The Pork dumplings were tasty and the noodles were fresh. Most importantly, the broth was savory which really made this a hit for me. What I really enjoyed about all the dishes were the portions. They were very generous at WuHu.

WuHu Ambiance: A very pleasant casual Chinese themed dining area that could stand alone if it wasn't in the Silverton Casino. There was plenty of seating inside along with additional tables outside the restaurant in the casino area. Tables were spacious to accommodate multiple dishes for family style dining.

The pricing and the fast service pushes this from a 3.5 to 4. Most of the dishes are in the $12-$15 range and you get considerate portions. The dishes from this visit seemed to be either average or excellent. Once you determine which dishes work out, this makes for a pleasant dining experience. I'm looking forward to trying dishes others have suggested, but that's another...